MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 15th 2011
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Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:20 UTC
Brazilian Judge famous for hard-line against police death squads killed at her house
Brazilian police form the state of Rio de Janeiro are combing a suburb for clues in the murder of a high-profile criminal judge, ambushed and fatally shot at her doorstep by hooded gunmen, TV Record reported Sunday.
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Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:13 UTC
Eighth suspect arrested in connection with killing of French tourists in Argentina
The police from the Argentine province of Salta arrested on Sunday the eighth suspect in connection to the killings of the two French tourists raped and murdered in Quebrada de San Lorenzo last month.
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Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:08 UTC
Loss of confidence in economic leadership leaves world economy in “new danger zone”
The loss of market confidence in economic leadership in key countries like the United States and Europe coupled with a fragile economic recovery have pushed markets into a new danger zone, something that policymakers have to take seriously, the head of the World Bank said on Sunday.
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Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:00 UTC
Lula da Silva: developed countries lack political initiative; need to learn from Latam
Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva blasted the developed countries lack of political initiative to face the economic crisis and suggested they adopt a strategy similar to Brazil’s.
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Monday, August 15th 2011 - 00:56 UTC
PM Cameron expected to announce a social ‘fight-back’ program
Prime Minister David Cameron said his government would mend Britain's “broken society” to prevent a repeat of the country's worst riots in decades.
